The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

My replacement q9450 is finally being shipped back by intel...
I need a better cooler than that xigmatek, which did not work out well at all. What should I get? I was thinking TRUE or:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108105
which I hear is very easy to install for a water cooler...

 

Are you gonna sell the Xigamtek then?

 

how were you applying the TIM for the xigmatek (i presume thats the heatpipe touching the IHS one)?

 

ABUZAR: I'm waiting for a response to see if I can get it replaced by xigmatek, and then sell it...Even if they don't replace, I'll still sell it. You want it? If they don't replace it, it'll come with a missing vibration bracket thing that holds the fan up, because one of them ripped....

shafaaf: I put a SMALL amount on the heat pipes, and then spread it with a plastic card...came out with a nice thin layer....

What should I replace the cooler with?

 

Nah, I have a Tuniq Tower. I think I will stick with it for now.

 

how about one of these http://www.tankguys.biz/product_info.php?products_id=1734

 

Yeah, that would be a great replacement. It's on backorder though...

 

ok, how about here? http://www.directron.com/ifx14.html better price too. damn, I wish they were that inexpensive when I was doing my last build

 

from what i can remember betwen each heat pipe, you mean to put soem, then on the core, and voila, try it then.

 

Sophocles,

It was! I was merely pointing out that the FM-121 should be capable of very quietly cooling the CPU Cooler at much lower rpms!

Anything below about 25Dba is a moot point as it's well below the normal normal ambient threshold. I'm not saying you won't hear it at all in say, a very quiet room, but normally the ambient sound is much louder in normal circumstances than the fan! A quiet Library is about 35Dba or so! Outside the house around 60Dba depending on where you live!

I have an FM-121 120mm as my rear case fan, and an FN-83 80mm for my side cover, both as exhausts that pump about 100cfm out the back and side of the case, that are both adjusted to 1300 rpm! No where's near the noise level they have at maximum speed! While not silent, customers almost always remark about how quiet it is!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

mort: i'll go with watever you say...everytime you post your temps, they are always really low... just wat is that long thing that comes with it? i could always wait for that liquid metal hsf pump...

 

that is a cooler for the NB chipset in the event that there is interference with the oem heatsink.

if you do decide to go with the TR IFX-14, take some measurements to verify it will clear everything.

if I was building now, the IFX-14 is most likely what I would go with. the TR U120E, like what I am using now is as always a very solid choice too. I bought mine prelapped.

 

Actually, the long thing is to cool the BACK of the CPU. It's not for the northbridge.

 

hmm, I stand corrected.

 

I dont know how much good it does though. Some say it works.

 

MORT: I'm probably gonna go with a TRUE then, it's cheaper and not so huge...
Where did you get yours prelapped, and what fan do you use?


I'll get Danamics LM10 when it arrives later in Q3...whenever that is...

Also, I got an email from intel saying that my cpu is coming, but in the order information, it says it was "BACK ORDERED"....WTF?

 

Which is better the Arctic Silver or the Arctic Ceramique

 

Hate to ruin the party Soph, but no fan is as quiet as 9dB or 12dB, that's what I call 'Thermaltake marketing' - a measurement of decibels from so far away it's irrelevant. Noctua for example rate some of their fans at 9dB when they're actually 20, silenX rate some of their fans at 11dB when they're actually 26.
The Silverstone FM121 believe it or not can go about as low as 19dB, but because of the noise from the ball bearings, no lower even if you reduce the speed. it also tops out well above 40dB. 40dB is a Zalman cooler at full pelt, you can't hear one of those over the roar of the FM121!

For note, the IFX-14 is a stunning cooler, even better than the Ultra-120 extreme. Recommended. However that said, if all you can afford, or want to afford is the Extreme, no harm in that either. It's still a superb cooler.

 

Hate to ruin the party Soph, but no fan is as quiet as 9dB or 12dB, that's what I call 'Thermaltake marketing' - a measurement of decibels from so far away it's irrelevant. Noctua for example rate some of their fans at 9dB when they're actually 20, silenX rate some of their fans at 11dB when they're actually 26.
The Silverstone FM121 believe it or not can go about as low as 19dB, but because of the noise from the ball bearings, no lower even if you reduce the speed. it also tops out well above 40dB. 40dB is a Zalman cooler at full pelt, you can't hear one of those over the roar of the FM121!

For note, the IFX-14 is a stunning cooler, even better than the Ultra-120 extreme. Recommended. However that said, if all you can afford, or want to afford is the Extreme, no harm in that either. It's still a superb cooler.

 

Sam it's hard to say what is or is not possible. If a fan is made with decent bearings then the bearings shouldn't be audible at all. If one were to remove the fan blades and run a decent bearing operated motor they should find it very difficult to hear. It's the air being moved by the fan and perhaps passing through the radiator that makes the actual noise. I know some fans have noisy bearing which is any fan made by cooler master, but some also have better designs. A heat sink that is designed to run passively if needed can also be quite a cooler running a very slow fan. I don't always except reviews from a lot of technology sites because most of them don't know squat about sound. They purchase db meters and then haven't got a clue as to how to set them up. Half of them are probably measuring mechanical vibration transferred through the materials used to shelve the units.